United States
Epic battle of influence underway for Pentagon's ‘JEDI' cloud contract

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Amazon, Oracle: Pentagon cloud mega-contract influence peddlers settle scores in court

Big Pentagon digital storage contracts have been the subject of some of the largest influence campaigns in Washington in recent years, now pursued in the courts of Washington and London.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
RosettiStarr, Farrant, Audere, ICSID/Paris Arbitration Week

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Washington and London.

WashingtonICSID establishes framework for litigation funding.

LondonAudere's new boss Oliver Blackmore gets into private security.

WashingtonRosettiStar hires Joe Andrews.

LondonFarrant looks to Africa.

China, United States
Taiwan's TSMC cashes in on China-US microchip wars

With the help of an army of Washington lobbyists, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co navigates between the US's determination to build a sovereign microchip industry and Chinese moves in this particularly strategic sector.

Saudi Arabia, United States
AITC to support Saudi military intelligence

Despite political divergence, the Pentagon is stepping up its intelligence support to Riyadh.

United States
Biden's intelligence transition team heavy on data specialists

Joe Biden's interim administration includes a number of Obama-era spymasters, who were waiting patiently in the private sector. Their clients have much to gain.

United States
Congress seeks to reorganise NSC post-Covid

As the White House clashes with states over lifting restrictions [...]

United States
Starling hires Trump's former economic adviser

Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president who served as [...]

United Kingdom, United States
C5 integrates new acquisitions

André Pienaar and Arno Robbertse's private equity firm C5 Capital announced the creation of C5 Alliance, a grouping of health [...]

United States
Sue Gordon boards Microsoft's Cloud

Susan M. Gordon, who was the architect of the CIA's [...]

United States
Sue Gordon joins Sally Donnelly's Pallas

After creating her firm GordonVentures (IOL 842), intelligence community veteran Susan Gordon continues to plough her furrow in the private [...]

Spotlight | United States
After losing out on JEDI defence cloud, Amazon ploughs ahead thanks to intelligence contracts

While it pursues a lawsuit against the Pentagon and Microsoft, Amazon is also looking to monetise the infrastructure it has built for the intelligence sector.

Europe, United States
Koch clan launches anti-Beijing campaign in Europe

An influence campaign launched by a lobbying group close to US billionnaire Charles Koch aims to get Europe to follow the US' lead on restricting imports of technology from Huawei and other Chinese companies.

United States
Pentagon rebel Chris Lynch rebounds in private sector

After stepping down as head of the Pentagon's team of top technologists, controversial JEDI cloud architect Chris Lynch has launched his own startup dedicated to defence innovation, with support from several Silicon Valley figures.

United States
Guy Filippelli, architect of the NSA's RTRG programme, finances startups

Guy Filippelli, a pioneer in SIGINT big data analytics for the NSA, is carving a new career for himself as an adviser to several cybersecurity investment firms.

United States
Pentagon's JEDI battle spawns profusion of private investigations

Candidates for the Pentagon's massive JEDI cloud contract are very heavily engaged with private investigation firms.

France, United States
Eric Benhamou, Pienaar's new partner in cyber-space

French businessman Eric Benhamou, a former new technology adviser to US president Bill Clinton, is currently investing in cyber-security with allies of substance.

United States
Ex-NSA interceptions chief Ronald Moultrie joins Donnelly at Pallas

Ronald Moultrie, the former head of the NSA's most strategic clandestine interceptions, has joined Pallas Advisors, the new consulting firm [...]

United States
Pentagon prepares plan B amid hostility towards Amazon running its JEDI cloud programme

Amazon has been tipped for months as the favourite to land the Pentagon's huge JEDI defence cloud contract. But the company is not liked by Donald Trump and it has also been fending off a legal offensive by rival Oracle.

United States
National Chart eyes classified cloud

Key figures from US national security and Kuwaiti financial experts have been brought on board to help new private equity firm Chart National cash in on the digitalisation of government intelligence.

United States
JEDI cloud architect joins Deloitte

David McAllister left a key position at the Pentagon's massive [...]

United States
Ronald Moultrie lands Pentagon consulting gig

Ronald Moultrie, a former CIA and NSA official turned consultant, [...]

United States
Former NSA cybersecurity chief Sherry Ramsay heard in Congress

Sherry Ramsey, the former head of the NSA's Threat Operations Centre (NTOC), was invited to address the Senate Armed Services [...]

United States
No more African affairs specialists at the Pentagon

Under Jim Mattis, the Pentagon, like the State Department and [...]

United States
Former NSA and CIA heavyweight joins Microsoft

Ronald Moultrie, the former head of the NSA's most strategic [...]

United States
CIA, FBI cloud specialist gets closer to Oracle

Jeff Ressin stepped down as the FBI's deputy chief information officer (CIO) to join the Virginia advisory firm Peloton Strategies [...]

United States
Robert Ashley has big digital plans for DIA

Robert Ashley, the head of the DIA, has launched the agency's digital transformation in a bid to prevent it from being sidelined.

United States
Amazon Web Services hires former CIA security chief

After two years as director of security at the CIA, [...]

United States
United States NGA's cloud ambitions thwarted

Several programmes initiated by the NGA are behind schedule, undermining its transition to cloud computing, an essential move for it to stay abreast with the rest of the US intelligence community.

United States
Kuwait, US cyber-intelligence hub for Syrian conflict

In recent weeks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has beefed up its team of analysts monitoring Russian and Iranian activity in [...]

United States
Mindtop aims to make data flows invisible to hackers

Founded by broadband routing specialists, the US firm MindTop is developing new solutions to protect data flows from piracy and interception.

United States
Former CIA agent Assur joins private sector

Mark Assur, who was an agent with the CIA's National [...]

United Kingdom, United States
Keith Alexander, André Pienaar strengthen alliance

IronNet Cybersecurity, the firm founded by former NSA chief Keith Alexander (IOL 790), has drawn investment from everyone who is [...]

United States
SBD Advisors gives C5 an in with Mattis

C5Capital, the private equity firm that invests in intelligence-orientated new technology, has acquired the Washington-based strategic consulting firm SBD Advisors. [...]

United States
Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

The Silicon Valley billionaire and Donald Trump supporter has been advancing his pawns in the low-cost observation satellite business.

United Kingdom, United States
Pienaar gets into "peace technology"

The head of C5 Capital, the private equity firm dedicated [...]

United States
Google's wings clipped by shutter control

Having burst onto the Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) scene a year ago, Google and others newcomers in the market have since bowed down to the federal government.

Washington backs PACT to combat child labour in mines

NGO PACT has until November 2021 to use a $2.5 [...]